Of course, I quiet agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable discomfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begins in the dismay and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay. In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is one thing you cannot get looking for it. If you look for the truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth-only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and the in the end, despair.

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

George W. Bush

We need no science of formulae, but a science of forms.

Viktor Schauberger

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

Roger Ebert

I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.

Chiaki Kuriyama

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Mark Twain

Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

Michael Oxley

I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.

Michelle Bachelet

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Carl Sagan

Marriage is more about snore strips and flannel nightgowns than candlelight dinners.

Barbara Bartlein

I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty.

John Waters

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

Alfred Adler